hornpipe · Key of D
Sweep's Hornpipe, The
Irish tenor banjo tab
ABC notation source
X:1613 T:Sweep's Hornpipe, The R:hornpipe N:"Collected by J. O'Neill" B:O'Neill's 1613 M:2/4 L:1/16 K:D a>g | (3faf d>f A>dF>A | D>FA>d f2e>f | g>be>g d>fA>F | G>BA>F E2a>g | (3faf d>f A>dF>A | D>FA>d f2e>f | g>fe>d c>AB>c | d2f2 d2 :| |: z2 | F>EF>A B>cd>e | f>gf>e d>cd>B | A2f2 f>ef2 | G2e2 e>de2 | F>EF>A B>cd>e | f>gf>e d>cd>B | A>fe>d c>AB>c | d>fe>c d2 :| |: a>g | (3fgf (3efe (3ded (3cdc | (3BcB (3ABA G2b>a | (gag (3fgf (3efe (3ded | (3cdc (3BcB A2a>g | (3fgf (3efe (3ded (3cdc | (3BcB (3ABA (3GAG (3FGF | E>ge>d c>AB>c | d2 f2 d2 :||
FAQ
Questions about Sweep's Hornpipe, The
Sweep's Hornpipe, The is in D, in 2/4 time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.
Easy. 99% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 7.
It is a hornpipe, written in 2/4.
Yes. Tenor banjo, mandolin and octave mandola are all tuned GDAE, so the tab above is identical for all three. A bouzouki tuned GDAD needs the top string adjusting, which the converter handles.